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LINUX GLOSSARY

 

w (1) - Show who is logged on and what they are doing

warnquota (8) - send mail to users over quota

watch (1) - execute a program periodically, showing output fullscreen

wc (1) - print the number of newlines, words, and bytes in files
wc (1p) - word, line, and byte or character count

Wget [wget] (1) - The non-interactive network downloader
wget (rpm) - A utility for retrieving files using the HTTP or FTP protocols.

whatis (1) - search the whatis database for complete words

whereis (1) - locate the binary, source, and manual page files for a command

which (1) - shows the full path of (shell) commands
which (rpm) - Displays where a particular program in your path is located.

who (1) - show who is logged on
who (1p) - display who is on the system

whoami (1) - print effective userid

write (1) - send a message to another user
write (1p) - write to another user
write (2) - write to a file descriptor
write (3p) - write on a file